FUN (OR JUST PLAIN WEIRD) SITES TO CHECK OUT…
Check out this referenced collection of trivia, useless facts and other fun, stupid or just plain weird stuff related to things you’ve been wondering about at Fairly Useless Facts! Just click on:
http://www.fairlyuselessfacts.com
For a super selection of humor and strange stuff, I’d recommend taking a few sips – or even giant gulps – from the Sips from the Dribble Glass of Life. Lots of categories to choose from.
http://www.dribbleglass.com/index.html
StupidVideos: The name sez it all! Go to http://www.stupidvideos.com/Default.asp
For a great collection of optical illusions and visual phenomena, click on: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
Clickmazes offers a great selection of unique interactive puzzles and mazes. Just go to: http://www.clickmazes.com/
For more pictures, jokes, headlines, etc. plus a whole pile of links to all kinds of other humor sites, you might give Wacky Zoo a look. There may be more pop-ups than you’d care to experience on some of these…
Just for the fun of it, for a great selection of FREE April Fool’s Day cards (and just about any other occasion that you could possibly think of) 123 Greetings is a neat place to go. You’ll find the AFD cards at: http://www.123greetings.com/events/april_fools_day/
Their home page is of course: http://www.123greetings.com/
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has been around since the late ‘80’s to educate and enlighten the masses as they relax at the porcelain facility. The Bathroom Reader’s Institute continues this established tradition.
http://www.bathroomreader.com/home.html
Want to get to the bottom of the urban legends to find out what is true and what isn’t? The Urban Legends Reference Pages will give you all the info you ever wanted.
If you’ve ever wondered where some of our words and phrases originated, you’ll find a fairly long list at Wordorigings.org.
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm
If you’re just killing time and want a look at some of the weird stuff that’s out there on the web (that’s with the exception of this site of course…), don’t forget about The Worst of the Web!
For a look at some really ridiculous – and pretty creative – patented inventions, take a look at Totally Absurd Inventions.
http://totallyabsurd.com/index.htm
If you’re in a mood to validate that truth (or at least the stuff that’s printed in newspapers) is stranger than fiction, Chuck Shepherd’s News of the Weird is worth checking out.
http://www.newsoftheweird.com/
Guinness World Records is alive and well at:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
For those of you old enough to remember the days before television when we hunkered around the radio to listen to our favorite programs, you’ll probably enjoy Radiolovers.com at, of course:
Just to be fair about this, I picked up the above site and a few others by going through bored.com. They have a huge selection of links to all kinds of sites – some of them really weird. I know, look who’s talking…
To flip your nostalgia button to the ON position, you might try heading toward CrazyFads.com. They cover the fads from the ‘20’s through the 90’s.
If you like or frequently use quotes, Thinkexist.com is a good place to visit.
Sometimes we just need to veg’ out. The Funny Pictures Website is a decent place to go to just let the ol’ brain cool down.
http://www.funnypictureswebsite.com/
If instead, your gray matter could use a bit of exercise – and you enjoy the challenge of brain teasers, you might want to take a look at BrainVista.
http://www.brainvista.com/bv/index.php
To help put our existence into a slightly different perspective, think about taking a look “out there” via The Hubble Space Telescope Project.
http://hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
For a pretty cool combination of humor, inspiration, e-cards and games, check out The Worlds of Dobran at:
Clicking into eBaum’s World will open the door to a wide variety of wild and wacky stuff. If you’re a prude, this will be a good character-building experience for you.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/index2.shtml
You’ll find a good collection of humorous, mildly thought-provoking quotes (in other words, just set your brain on cruise control) at another of bored.com’s sites designated as Good Quotes.
Billing itself as “The Online Knowledge Magazine”, MIStupid.com presents info on some stupid stuff (like facts, news, people, pictures, etc.) – and some things that are pretty informative.
If you’ve ever really, really had an overwhelming desire to know the scientific designation for a specific fear, take look at The Phobia List. Then you too, will be able to use “phobophobia” knowledgeably in your daily conversations (unless you’re afraid to, that is…).
Here’s one you can sneak (yeah, right…) in at the office without anyone knowing (other than anyone with an admin clearance to your “system”). IShouldBeWorking has lots of links to numerous types of sites including sports, music, food, kids & family, etc. – and even includes an “escape” button just in case your boss walks by…
http://www.ishouldbeworking.com/
Wondering where to go on your next vacation? Roadside America is your “official” online guide to offbeat tourist attractions.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Just want to just burn some time? Mindless Crap has trivia, quotes, word & phrase origins, jokes, links, etc. Kinda cool actually…
For another look at our world and others, you might want to check in occasionally with NASA at:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
For those of you who are just getting into the surfing mode, About.com offers 23 channels on over 50,000 subjects and over a million links to just about anywhere you’d like to go on the Web.
NuPathz Home Back to Cool Links
NuPathz.com – Your affordable source for self improvement and self help books & materials
Illuminating the path for personal motivation, growth and development
SUCCESS = TAKING THE STEPS TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO!
JUST GO FOR IT!